Cory Martin
Illinois State Legislative Board Chairman
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FRA awards grants for grade separations in two Illinois towns
The Federal Railroad Administration awarded a combined $24 million in grant funds to Decatur and Franklin Park, Illinois, to complete two grade separation projects, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) announced this week. The funds are part of $570 million in grant...
Chicago Worker Can’t Get Benefits After Facebook Post Firing.
An Illinois appellate court panel held Thursday that a Chicago employee couldn't get unemployment benefits after he was fired for posting on his union's Facebook that he would "take you all with me" if his coworkers gave him COVID-19, ruling his threatening post...
Nevada governor vetoes train-length bill
Nevada governor vetoes train-length bill Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo last week vetoed railroad safety legislation that would have regulated the length of freight trains operating in the state. Assembly Bill 456 would have established requirements for the installation and...
Canadian Pacific Guilty of Contempt of Court in Sweeping Decision on Excessive Hours
Canadian Pacific Guilty of Contempt of Court in Sweeping Decision on Excessive Hours Judge finds that CP intentionally ignored court order to stop overworking train crews. Crew fatigue is a major safety hazard in the rail industry. Laval, QC, June 7, 2023 – A federal...
Moments Before Clarendon Hills Train Crash Detailed
Moments Before Clarendon Hills Train Crash Detailed CLARENDON HILLS, IL – The locomotive engineer for the Metra train that crashed into a box truck last year in Clarendon Hills told investigators that he knew it was going to happen moments before After he rounded a...
FRA: CPKC Petitions for Modification of Waiver of Compliance Regarding Freight Car, Brake System Safety Standards
FRA: CPKC Petitions for Modification of Waiver of Compliance Regarding Freight Car, Brake System Safety Standards Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on Dec. 12, 2022, petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a modification of an existing waiver of...
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More Employees Are Taking Legal Action Against Unfair Labor Practices By Alexandra Levit More employees who don’t like the way they are treated in their workplaces are organizing and taking matters into their own hands Between Oct. 1, 2022, and March 31, unfair labor...
Rail regulation bill uses Norfolk Southern derailment as springboard to pass Pa. House
Rail regulation bill uses Norfolk Southern derailment as springboard to pass Pa. House Four months after the train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio – less than a mile from the Pennsylvania border – the Pa. House on Monday voted in favor of final passage of a bill...
US to conduct safety review of all major railroads
US to conduct safety review of all major railroads WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - The Biden administration will conduct safety assessments of all major U.S. railroads following the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern (NSC.N) operated train in Ohio, according to a...
Pritzker set to consider signing more than 500 bills in the next three months.
Illinois lawmakers passed 566 bills through both chambers of the General Assembly in the recently concluded legislative session – all but one of them in May. It sets the table for an approximate three-month bill-signing season for Gov. JB Pritzker. That’s because the...